4 deserts race

The 4 Deserts

atacama, gobi sahara and the last one, antarctic
atacama crossing 6 march 2011 chile
gobi 26 june 2011 china
sahara 2 october 2011 egipt
antarctic 26 mov 2012



To become of a member of The 4 Deserts, one must have successfully completed four, 250-kilometer, self-supported footraces across the hottest, coldest, windiest and driest places on Earth, including the Atacama Crossing in Chile, the Gobi March in China, the Sahara Race in Egypt and The Last Desert in Antarctica. There are no exceptions to this rule. To date, eighty one (81) individuals have successfully completed the 4 Deserts.


1st spanish, member of The 4 Deserts

Carlos Garcia Prieto, 46, Spain

National pride rarely comes in to the picture in RacingThePlanet events, which are more about international friendship and the purity of the human experience than flag waving. That said, it’s always nice to be the first from your country to do anything and, as achievements go, there’s little to match the 4 Deserts.

If Carlos Garcia Prieto is carrying the hopes of a nation on his shoulders, then he’s outwardly pretty relaxed about it. Providing he gets through this year’s Sahara Race and Last Desert, the 46-year-old Madrid born architect will become the first Spaniard to complete the 4 Deserts series.

Recently married Carlos – wife Laura Corti is a fellow competitor - completed the Gobi March and Atacama Crossing in 2007, also choosing to explore beyond the 4 Deserts this year by taking part in RacingThePlanet: Vietnam.

"The Gobi March for me was kind of smooth,” he says, reflecting on the differing intensity of his races to date. "I think though that it’s not just a matter of the event, but also of the edition. One year the Gobi March can be soft and the next, it can be the toughest."

Wise words. There is no easy RacingThePlanet event and, as Carlos has highlighted, there are many variables, year to year, even in the same location.

"All runners have bad moments,” says Carlos who treasures his Swiss Army knife and recommends using a sleeping mat. "I normally have short objectives, like ‘arrive at that tree’. It’s step by step and I try to eat, or drink, a little bit more."

Again proving that the Europeans are thinking outside the box when it comes to event food, Carlos favours Parmesan cheese and Spanish Serrano ham over all that dehydrated stuff.

When asked if he’ll feel any sadness when his 4 Deserts journey has finally come to an end, he responds: "No way! I can always start all over again."

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THE GOBI DESERT
Tomorrow the competitors will finish gobi desert 750 km 7 dìas self supported


Includes the Turpan Depression, a fault-bounded trough located around and south of the city-oasis of Turpan in far western China. It includes the second lowest exposed point on the Earth's surface after the Dead Sea.

Course
The Gobi March is a 250-kilometer (155-mile) 7-day, 6-stage foot race. The total distance is 250 kilometers with approximate distances of each stage listed in the box to the right. Note that all the distances above are approximate and that accurate distances will be provided in the course book that competitors receive at Competitor Check-In the day before the event.

The course of the Gobi March takes competitors across a wide variety of terrains including dirt tracks, sand dunes, dry river beds, hills, villages and more.

Estimated Distances
Stage 1 40.0 km / 24.9 miles
Stage 2 40.0 km / 24.9 miles
Stage 3 40.0 km / 24.9 miles
Stage 4 40.0 km / 24.9 miles
Stage 5 80.0 km / 49.7 miles
Stage 6 10.0 km / 6.2 miles


clasification till finish stage 5
1.-25h 02m1. Goerke, Damon
2.-26h 19m2. Tolosa Anglada, Jaume
3.-27h 09m3. Barghini, Paolo



Spanish competitor Jaume Tolosa Anglada works for Carrosseries Tolosa SL. Although the Gobi March 2011 is his first 4 Deserts event, he is no stranger to gruelling competitions in the desert after completing Marathon des Sables, the Libyan Challenge, Costa Brava Xtrem, Transahariana, and the Jungle Marathon. Jaume is running on behalf on the charity Soc amic d'Ampans.

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Rank Bib Competitor Age Sex Team Charity Nationality Residence Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage5 Stage 6 Overall Status

1 40 GOERKE, Damon 37 M Australia Australia 04:00:16 01:30:39 04:06:00 04:59:58 10:25:45 01:26:01 26:28:39 A

2 136 TOLOSA ANGLADA, Jaume 43 M Soc amic d'Ampans
Spain Spain 04:05:40 01:38:18 04:24:23 05:23:28 10:47:44 01:27:40 27:47:13 A

3 6 BARGHINI, Paolo 51 M Italy Italy 04:26:14 01:38:07 04:34:14 05:42:40 10:47:47 01:30:03 28:39:05 A